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Adult Skating:
The are many opportunities for adults in figure skating these days.
It doesn't matter if you started skating as a child and want to take up the sport again, or if
you always wanted to learn to skate and finally have the time as an adult,
US Figure
Skating has
tests, competitions, clinics, seminars and other events for the adult skater.
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There are many all adult competitions held throughout the US as well as Europe. In fact, our club, hosts one of the largest all adult figure skating
competitions in the world - the Peach Classic!
You can see information for several of the international competitions here
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The U.S. Adult Figure Skating Championships (Adult Nationals) are held each year with over
500 competitors from around the country. We have several club members attend each year.
Davin Grindstaff won the Championship Masters Men Freestyle event in 2007.
Tina Gravenstein won the Gold Ladies III Freestyle event at the 2007 AN.
Renee Lipscomb and Andrew Austin won the gold in 2001 in Championship Dance.
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Davin Grindstaff
2007 Adult Nationals
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Sara & Rob
2009 Adult Nationals
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There are many different events that are available for adults:
Freestyle, Interpretive, Dance and Pairs.
Sara Panzer and Rob Lichtefeld represented the club in Silver Pairs events during
2008-2009. Rob also has skated internationally in singles and pairs in
Villard-de-Lans, France and Tallinn, Estonia.
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Ginger Whatley was featured in an article in the August/September 2002 issue of Skating Magazine.
Ginger serves on the US Figure Skating Adult Committee and is also a Board Member and Test Chair of the GaFSC.
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The Geriatric Figure Skating Crew consists
of competitive skaters that belong to either the Georgia Figure Skating Club or the Atlanta Figure Skating Club.
This group of adult skaters at the Duluth IceForum regularly go to dinners after practices and even have their own website.
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